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Act of the Czech National Council No. 246 / 1992 Coll., for the protection of animals against abuse — Act of the Czech National Council for the Protection of Animals against Torture.

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Act of the Czech National Council No. 246 / 1992 Coll. became effective 29.05.1992.

246

THE LAW

Czech National Council

of 15 April 1992

for the protection of animals against abuse

The Czech National Council decided on this law:

Animals, like humans, are living creatures capable of feeling pain and suffering at different degrees, and therefore deserve the attention, care and protection of humans.

ČÁST PRVNÍ

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1

Purpose of the law

(1) The purpose of the Act is to protect animals that are living creatures capable of feeling pain and suffering, from abuse, harm and death without reason, if they have been caused, even by negligence, by man.

(2) This law incorporates the relevant European Union1 provisions and regulates the provisions directly applicable to the European Union1a)

(a) the requirements and conditions for the protection of animals against abuse;

(b) the rights and obligations of natural and legal persons in the area of the protection of animals against abuse, including their qualification and competence requirements;

(c) the system, scope and powers of the authorities performing the administration on the section for the protection of animals against abuse;

(d) measures to protect experimental animals used for scientific or educational purposes.

§ 2

(1) Animal abuse is prohibited.

(2) All forms of promotion of animal abuse shall be prohibited.

§ 3

For the purposes of this Act:

(a) any live vertebrate animal except humans, but not of the fruit or embryo;

(b) a wild animal belonging to a species the population of which is kept in the wild spontaneously, even in the case of captive breeding;

(c) an animal under human care which is directly dependent on immediate human care;

(d) an animal kept by the farm animal for the production of animal products, wool, leather or fur, where appropriate for other economic or commercial purposes, in particular cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys and their cross-breeds, poultry, rabbits, fur animals, game and other farmed animals and fish, including animals produced as a result of genetic modifications or new genetic combinations;

(e) a pet animal for which the economic effect is not the primary purpose of breeding, either in premises intended for or in a household, the breeding of which primarily serves the interests of a person, or an animal serving a person as his companion;

(f) a handicapped animal, a wild animal which, as a result of injury, illness or other circumstances, is temporarily or permanently unable to survive in the wild;

(g) the species of animal requiring special care, the species of pet animal which, due to its biological characteristics, has special treatment requirements, location, feeding, drinking and, where appropriate, treatment;

(h) a stray animal in human care which is not under the permanent control or supervision of a natural person or breeder and which moves freely outside its housing, premises or the household of its breeder;

(i) an abandoned animal, originally in human care, which is not under the direct control or supervision of a natural person or breeder and it appears from the facts found that its breeder has left it with the intention of disposing of it or expelled it;

(j) test animal

1. a live vertebrate animal which is or is to be used for experiments, with the exception of humans, including separately live larvae and mammalian fruit from the last third of their normal development; or

2. a live cephalopod which is or is to be used for experiments;

the animal is also considered to be an experimental animal which is at an earlier stage of development than that referred to in point 1, if the animal is to be allowed to live beyond that stage of development and, as a result of the experiments carried out, is likely to suffer from pain, suffering, fear or permanent damage after reaching that stage of development,

(k) any legal or natural person holding or rearing (hereinafter referred to as "breeding") an animal or animals, whether permanently or temporarily, moves an animal or trades in animals, operates slaughterhouses, shelters, rescue stations, hotels and pensions for animals or zoos, 1b) carries out experiments on animals or animals or organise public appearances thereof;

(l) suffering from an animal's condition caused by any stimulus or procedure which the animal cannot dispose of itself and which causes pain, injury, medical disorder or death in the animal;

(m) excessive pain pain not consistent with the nature of the procedure needed,

(n) killing any action or action which causes the death of an animal;

(o) slaughter of animals for slaughter 1c) in order to use their products;

(p) the killing of an animal, where possible painlessly, provided by veterinary means and equipment, carried out by or under the control of a veterinarian, or carried out in the context of an approved trial project by a person competent to design experiments or experimental projects or by a person competent to perform experiments on experimental animals, to care for experimental animals and to kill experimental animals;

(r) by harming the death of an animal as a result of painful or other suffering of an animal acting on the part of a person who survives the animal but which results in the need to be killed for the consequences of suffering, or by the killing of the animal by prohibited methods (Sections 5 (5) and 14 (1)),

(s) by duplicating ear cosmetic surgery on both sides of the head of the animal, resulting in loss of earache in a similar shape, thereby changing the appearance of the animal,

(t) by an experiment of any invasive or non-invasive use of the animal for experimental or other scientific purposes with a known or unknown result or for educational purposes which may cause pain, suffering, fear or lasting harm to the animal at least by an intensity corresponding to needle injection according to normal veterinary practice. The experiment shall also mean any method of action which has or may lead to the animal being born or hatched or that a genetically modified line of the animal is created and maintained in such a state; the killing of the animal for the sole use of its organs or tissues is not considered an experiment;

(u) a work programme with a defined scientific objective, including one or more experiments;

(v) the establishment, building, complex buildings or other premises in which the animals are operated; these may be devices which are not completely fenced or covered, as well as movable devices,

(w) the keeper of experimental animals, a natural or legal person who retains the animals referred to in Article 17f (1) for subsequent use in experiments or for their tissues or organs to be used for scientific purposes, or who retains other animals in particular for those purposes, whether or not for profit;

(x) by the supplier of experimental animals, a natural or legal person other than the breeder of experimental animals who supplies experimental animals for use in experiments or for their tissues and organs to be used for scientific purposes, whether or not for profit;

(y) by the user of experimental animals, a natural or legal person who uses experimental animals for experiments, whether or not for profit;

(z) transport of live animals in means of transport, (1c) including loading, unloading or transhipment;

(aa) intensive breeding where breeding methods are used in which livestock are kept in such numbers or density, or under such conditions, or at a level of production that their health and well-being depend on the frequent supervision of humans;

(ab) laying hens of the species Gallus gallus which have reached lay maturity and which are kept for the production of eggs not intended for hatching.

§ 4

(1) Abuse shall be deemed to be

(a) force the animal to perform which do not correspond to its physical condition and biological abilities and which clearly exceed its powers;

(b) subject the animal to training or public appearance or similar purpose, where this is associated with the pain, suffering, injury or other damage, as well as the raising, training or use of the animal for aggressive behaviour towards humans or other animals;

(c) for reasons other than health

1. restrict the feeding of the animal, including its feeding, unless otherwise provided for in the special regulation, 1f)

2. the administration of food to an animal containing ingredients or articles that cause or otherwise harm pain, suffering,

3. restrict the freedom of movement necessary for an animal of a particular species without the need to, if the restriction would cause the suffering of the animal,

(d) release a weak, incurable sick, exhausted or old animal for which further survival is associated with lasting pain or suffering for a purpose other than immediate and painless killing;

(e) the administration of animal doping agents and other harmful substances in order to alter their performance or appearance;

(f) to practice or test an animal on another live animal, with the exception of the training of hunting predators (1e), other than the training and testing of meridian dogs in artificial pits, to use other live animals as attractions or traps, without the need for hunting or training or using a shepherd's or shepherd's dog, to prepare the animal for its release into the wild or for the activity referred to in Article 14 (9); the methods of training and testing of meridian dogs in artificial pines where direct contact may occur shall be laid down by the Ministry of Decree;

(g) perform or have surgical procedures to change the appearance or other characteristics of the animal, even if those procedures would be carried out using devices for general or local numbness, painkillers or other methods, not including cases referred to in § 7 (3) and (4),

1. to copy the ears, destroy the vocal cords or use other means to reduce the vocal manifestations of animals or to amputate claws, teeth, poison or odour glands for reasons other than health,

2. for reasons other than health, cut antlers or parts of antlers in the development phase of live tissue;

3. damage the bones, muscles or nerves of birds' wings over 3 days of age to prevent them from flying;

(h) carry out a technical procedure that causes the pain, suffering or harm to the health of the animal, or surgery to prevent or alter the permanent marking of the animal by a chip or tattoo;

(i) to use stimuli, articles or pain-inducing devices in such a way as to cause clinically evident injury or subsequent long-term clinically evident negative changes in the functioning of the nervous system or other animal organ systems;

(j) to administer to the animal without the consent of the veterinary healer1f) veterinary medicinal products and preparations 2), except those which are freely marketed, blood operations, unless they are carried out by a person of professional competence 1f) or by modification of hooves and underhair operations, unless they are carried out by a person who fulfils the professional competence of a specific legislation; (10) such operations shall not be considered as hoofing and operations referred to in Article 64b of the Veterinary Code (2);

(k) cause unreasonably disproportionate effects of stress of a biological, physical or chemical nature;

(l) to breed, in particular, animals under inappropriate conditions or in such a way as to cause themselves or each other suffering;

m) intervene in the course of childbirth in a way that does not correspond to the difficulty of childbirth, increases pain or damages the health of both the mother and the cub,

(n) treat, transport or power the animal in a way that causes or causes disproportionate pain, suffering or harm to health,

(o) use, for the purpose of binding or otherwise restricting the movement of the animal, the means which the animals cause or can be expected to cause, injury, pain or other harm to health; in the case of a dog, breeding or keeping a dog in premises intended for that purpose, including a household, bound by any means of tying, except:

1. short-term weaning of a dog under the supervision of a breeder or other authorised person, in particular during the cleaning of the breeding area, feeding and treatment of the dog or for the purposes of similar short-term operation where the restriction of movement of the dog cannot be achieved by other appropriate means,

2. the commitment or other restriction of the movement of the dog to training and carrying out the tasks assigned to the armed forces, the Security Corps or the municipal police by specific legislation;

(p) kill the animal in a manner which causes excessive pain or suffering;

(r) overfeed or feed the animal in a violent manner, not by the procedure necessary to save its life or maintain its health;

(s) use live animals for feeding to those species where, for biological reasons, such nutrition is not necessary;

(t) leave the animal with the exception of a wild animal with the intention of disposing of it or of banishing the animal;

(u) in the handling of live fish, to dispose of scales or fins, to insert fingers or fingers into gills in fish or to push fingers into their pupils, or to force out eggs or milk, unless it is research and artificial fish farming and, if not the procedure laid down by the Fisheries and Nature and Landscape Conservation Act, 1g)

(v) indicate the animal by freezing, with the exception of fish, and indicate the animal by burning, with the exception of horses, where specific legislation so provides, 1h)

(w) keeping together in retail outlets of live animals male and female rodents, if not piglets intended for feeding;

(x) use electrical current to limit the movement of the limbs or body of the animal except the use of electrical fuses or devices for the electric stunning and killing of animals or catching fish in accordance with specific legislation, 1g)

(y) any other act contrary to this law resulting in the suffering of the animal.

(2) The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to operations or activities:

(a) linked to the urgent need to save animals or humans in emergency situations of rescue work under special legislation, 1j)

(b) carried out according to an approved experiment project.

(3) Paragraph 1 (b) shall not apply to the education, training and use of an animal for the performance of tasks specified by the armed forces, the security corps or the municipal police under special legislation1k). The education and training of dogs carried out by breeders' associations or organisations in the interest of activity shall not be prohibited from raising and training an animal for aggressive behaviour against humans when it comes to the detention of a figure or exercise of a piece in protective clothing.

(4) Everyone is obliged to ensure that the animal they hold does not harm or kill another breeder's animal. This does not apply if an animal of one breeder prevents an animal from attacking another breeder or if the animal of the breeder prevents the area intended for breeding it and, in the case of pasture dogs, in the case of livestock protection. This provision shall apply to wild animals only if they are kept in captivity. This provision shall not apply to animals kept in a chase under the Hunting Act and to hunting predators when used under the Hunting Act.

§ 4a

In particular, the promotion of abuse shall be:

(a) the exhibition, other demonstration or demonstration of an animal at which the procedure referred to in Article 4 (1) (g) has been carried out in public appearance;

(b) the publication of a description, representation or audiovisual record leading to the procedures, practices of breeding or training, capture or killing, adjustments to the appearance of the animal and to the interference with its health associated with the abuse of the animal as defined by this law, unless the accompanying information is indicated, or otherwise it does not imply that the activities prohibited by this law are involved.

§ 5

(1) No one may kill an animal without cause.

(2) The reason for killing is:

(a) the use of products kept or kept for food, wool, leather or other products;

(b) weakness, incurable disease, severe injuries, genetic or congenital defects, general exhaustion or age of the animal, if they are associated with lasting suffering for further survival;

(c) imminent threat to humans by animals;

(d) exercise of the right of hunting and fishing in accordance with special regulations, 2a)

(e) ordered emergency veterinary measures (2b) or sanitary measures (c) for protection against diseases, 2d) or simulation exercises organised by the State Veterinary Administration concerning contingency plans for the occurrence of dangerous diseases and diseases communicable from animals to humans;

(f) the completion of the experiment in an experimental animal, unless otherwise specified in the experiment project;

(g) regulating the population of animals in human care and wild animals; This is without prejudice to the provisions of specific legislation, (2a), (2e) the regulation of the animal population means a set of preventive measures which are consistently implemented to contribute to the maintenance of the population in a certain health and genetic quality, in particular by reducing the unnatural supply of food resources and the possibility of reproduction of the population, and which aim to reduce the risks which may arise from an increase in the population within its territory or the risk of the population of wild animals, and to prevent the occurrence of animal suffering and excessive damage, in particular the spread of diseases or other adverse effects,

(h) deratization2c) and measures to combat harmful organisms, 2f)

(i) special measures imposed in case of impossibility to identify the animal under specific legislation, 2g)

(j) depopulation11),

(k) the implementation of measures to control non-indigenous species or measures to eliminate, isolate or regulate invasive non-indigenous species that have been included in the Union list of invasive non-indigenous species having a significant impact on the European Uni36) laid down under another legislation 4c).

(3) Only a veterinarian or an adult may spend it, but only under the professional supervision of a veterinarian; in the framework of an approved trial project, the person competent to design experiments or experimental projects or the person competent to conduct experiments on experimental animals, care of experimental animals and the killing of experimental animals may also carry out the killing.

(4) Persons carrying out the killing of an animal shall be required to ensure that the animal is dead according to identifiable signs.

(5) Unless otherwise provided for in this law, the following methods of killing animals shall be prohibited:

(a) drowning and other methods of asphyxiation, including the use of farm-type muscle lavants;

(b) the use of such substances and products2i), the dosage of which does not lead the animal to a deep overall numbness and does not safely cause subsequent death;

(c) beating, stabbing or other methods which cause excessive pain or suffering to an animal;

(d) the use of electricity if there is no immediate loss of consciousness;

(e) the use of adhesives and other similar means that restrict the movement of the animal in the long term by killing the animal due to lack of food or liquids or other metabolic disorders;

(f) freezing, with the exception of gradual freezing in snakes.

(6) The manufacture, offering, selling or use of jaws or adhesive traps and their movement from abroad to the Czech Republic shall be prohibited.

(7) The breeding and killing of animals shall be prohibited solely or principally for the purpose of obtaining fur.

ČÁST DRUHÁ

PROTECTION OF ANIMALS IN CONSIDERATION, USE OF CONFORMITY AND PROTECTION OF ANIMALS IN THE PUBLIC SECTIONS

§ 5a

Professional competence in the animal protection section at slaughter

(1) The business operator (12) must ensure that the activities referred to in Article 7 (2) (c) to (g) and the activity of the animal welfare officer referred to in Article 17 of the directly applicable European Union Code on the protection of animals at the time of killing (13) are carried out in slaughterhouses only by persons who have acquired:

(a) secondary education with a certificate in the field of butcher,

(b) secondary education with a graduate degree in food technology;

(c) secondary education with a degree in veterinary or higher vocational education in veterinary; or

(d) higher education at a university which carries out study programmes in the field of veterinary medicine and hygiene or in agriculture with a focus on the veterinary field.

In addition to the activities referred to in Article 7 (2) (c) to (g) and the activities of the animal welfare officer referred to in Article 17 of the directly applicable European Union Code on the protection of animals at the time of killing (13), they may also carry out acts related to the slaughter of animals for all categories of animals.

(2) The persons referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required to obtain a certificate of competence for persons involved in the slaughter of animals in accordance with the directly applicable regulation of the European Union governing the protection of animals at the time of killing (13). The first sentence shall not apply to an animal welfare worker pursuant to Article 17 of the directly applicable European Union Code on the protection of animals at the time of killing 13), which shall be issued for a period of 7 years by a certificate of eligibility for persons involved in animal slaughter operations under the directly applicable European Union Code on the protection of animals at the time of killing 13).

(3) In the course of teaching for the professional qualification referred to in paragraph 1, persons preparing to obtain that qualification may carry out slaughter of animals only in slaughterhouses and under the professional supervision of a person who is competent in accordance with paragraph 1 (b), (c) or (d), who shall ensure that the abuse of animals is prevented and shall ensure that, in the event of incorrect stunning, the animal is rectified without delay.

(4) Qualifications obtained for other purposes, provided that they have been obtained under conditions equivalent to those laid down in the directly applicable European Union Regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing (14), are considered equivalent to those referred to in paragraph 1. The qualifications referred to in the first sentence and the qualifications referred to in paragraph 1 shall be considered equivalent to a certificate of competence for persons involved in the slaughter-related action14). The Ministry of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as "the Ministry ') shall also publish and update a list of qualifications acquired for other purposes considered equivalent to a certificate of competence for persons involved in the slaughter-related operations (14).

(5) The Ministry issues temporary certificates of competence for persons involved in the slaughter of animals under the conditions laid down in the directly applicable European Union Code on the protection of animals at the time of killing (15).

(6) The business operator 12) is obliged to keep records

(a) on professional competence for persons involved in the slaughter of animals and indicating in them:

1. the name and, where appropriate, the names, surname and date and place of birth (hereinafter referred to as "personal data") of the person involved in the slaughter-related operations;

2. the date of issue and the registration number of the certificate of eligibility for persons involved in the slaughter operations;

3. the categories of animals, the type of establishment and activities covered by the certificate of competence for persons involved in the slaughter operations;

(b) the professional competence of the persons referred to in paragraph 1 and the personal data of the persons who slaughter the animals therein.

The records referred to in points (a) and (b) may also be kept electronically. The operator of the enterprise (12) shall keep the records referred to in points (a) and (b) for up to three years after the end of the activity of these persons and submit them to the competent animal protection authority on request. The records referred to in point (b) shall include a copy of the training document referred to in paragraph 1.

(7) The content and scope of the training course for the acquisition of a certificate of competence for persons involved in animal slaughter operations, the requirements for the highest education achieved and the practice of the lecturer since the completion of the highest education achievement, the requirements for the examination commissioner, the scope and course of the examination, the model of the certificate of competence for persons involved in animal slaughter operations, the method of proof of appropriate professional practice and what is considered to be such, and the model of the temporary certificate of competence for persons involved in animal slaughter operations referred to in paragraph 5 shall be laid down by the Ministry of implementing legislation.

§ 5b

Defeat or spend of sick, exhausted or injured animals

(1) Where the survival of a sick, exhausted or injured animal is associated with an excessive suffering, its slaughter or killing shall be carried out at the place where the disease, exhaustion or injury occurred, under the conditions laid down in specific legislation.2)

(2) If the breeder intends to transport a sick, exhausted or injured animal for slaughter in a slaughterhouse and if this is not contrary to the requirements of Council Regulation (EC) No 1 / 2005, he shall be obliged to request an examination and assessment of the condition of the animal by a private veterinarian who shall assess the fitness of the animal for transport and, in the case of consent, indicate this in the accompanying documentation referred to in Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853 / 20043c. The breeder shall be obliged to satisfy himself, before the transport of that animal begins, that the animal will be accepted at the slaughterhouse and can only then start the transport; in doing so, take measures to ensure that the animal is transported gently, by the shortest route and to the nearest slaughterhouse. The length of the journey shall not exceed 100 km. The breeder shall not transport animals whose transport is prohibited by directly applicable European Union rules governing the protection of animals during the transport and official control of products of animal origin intended for human consumption (1a), (2k).

(3) The business operator (12) must ensure that animals which have been killed, killed or otherwise killed during transport to an establishment or exaggerated in an establishment for suffering or painful conditions. This applies mutatis mutandis to the killing of unweaned pups. If this is not possible, these animals shall be kept separately and slaughtered, killed or killed as soon as possible, but not later than two hours after their transport or overkill. Animals which are unable to move shall not be moved or towed in that establishment to the place of slaughter, spent or killed. Such animals shall be killed where they lie.

§ 5c

Death of fur animals and rodents

(1) A breeder who, as an entrepreneur, maintains fur animals is obliged to notify the Regional Veterinary Administration of the State Veterinary Administration or the Municipal Veterinary Administration of the State Veterinary Administration (hereinafter the Regional Veterinary Administration) in writing 7 days before the date on which such animals are to be killed.

(2) A certificate of competence for the killing of fur animals obtained under the directly applicable European Union Code on the protection of animals at the time of killing (14) shall be considered equivalent to those obtained for other purposes, provided that they have been obtained under conditions which comply with the conditions laid down in the directly applicable European Union Code on the protection of animals at the time of killing (14), and the qualifications referred to in Section 5a (1).

(3) Persons who have acquired qualifications under § 5a (1) and persons who have acquired qualifications for other purposes under paragraph 2 shall not be required to obtain a certificate of competence for the killing of fur animals under the directly applicable European Union regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing (13).

(4) The Ministry issues temporary certificates of eligibility for the killing of fur animals under the conditions laid down in the directly applicable European Union Code on the protection of animals at the time of killing (15).

(5) A breeder who as a businessman keeps fur animals is obliged to keep records

(a) of professional competence for the killing of fur animals and indicating therein:

1. personal data of the person killing fur animals,

2. the date of issue and the registration number of the certificate of eligibility for the killing of fur animals;

(b) the professional competence of the persons referred to in Article 5a (1) and their personal data.

The records referred to in points (a) and (b) may also be kept electronically. A breeder holding fur animals as an entrepreneur shall keep the records referred to in points (a) and (b) for up to 3 years after the end of his activity and submit them on request to the competent animal protection authority. The records referred to in point (b) shall include a copy of the training document referred to in § 5a (1).

(6) A breeder keeping rodents for the purpose of their economic exploitation may, in addition to the methods laid down in Annex I, use the directly applicable European Union regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing (16) to kill them, carbon dioxide or break the ligament.

(7) The content and scope of the training course for obtaining a certificate of aptitude for the killing of fur animals, the requirements for the highest educational attainment and practice of the lecturer since the completion of the highest education achievement, the model certificate of aptitude for the killing of fur animals, the method of attaching appropriate professional experience and what is deemed to be it and the model temporary certificate of aptitude for the killing of fur animals referred to in paragraph 3 are laid down by the Ministry by implementing legislation.

§ 5d

Contact point in accordance with the directly applicable European Union animal protection regulation at the time of killing

The contact point shall be published by the Ministry on its website in accordance with the directly applicable regulation of the European Union governing the protection of animals at the time of killing.

§ 5e

Camera monitoring system for animal welfare in slaughterhouses

(1) The business operator (12) is obliged to equip slaughterhouses with a camera monitoring system to monitor the proper handling of animals in slaughterhouses (hereinafter referred to as the "slaughterhouse camera system"), whose cameras must cover the premises for unloading animals and overloading animals in which live animals are present.

(2) The obligation referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to:

(a) waiting places where means of transport with live animals are present until the start of unloading;

(b) housing facilities for animals in slaughterhouses;

(c) slaughter, other than forced, on a holding from which domestic bovine animals, other than buffalo come, and pigs and domestic solipeds according to the directly applicable European Union Regulation laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (39); or

(d) poultry 40), rabbits and hares.

(3) The business operator (12) must ensure that the camera system in the slaughterhouse

(a) has been able to store, reproduce, copy or transmit to other facilities such as removable storage media or monitors, recording of the same quality as the original record for the purposes of animal protection and criminal proceedings,

(b) provide a complete and clear picture of the covered area and a sufficiently clear image resolution to identify persons, equipment, animals and animal handling, the recorded record shall be colour, clear, distinct and distinct;

(c) has been in operation as long as live animals are present in the slaughterhouse, except in the cases referred to in paragraph 2;

(d) generate records as close to real time as possible; and

(e) record the date, time and location of the shots, including the camera identification data that recorded the images displayed.

(4) The operator must ensure that the cameras in the slaughterhouse are:

(a) kept in good working condition and clean; and

(b) protected, if possible, against damage or exposure to water.

(5) The business operator 12) is obliged to:

(a) ensure monitoring of records taken by the camera system at slaughterhouses at intervals taking into account the overall situation in the slaughterhouse, in particular the number of animals slaughtered, the presence of an animal welfare officer or the presence of an official veterinarian;

(b) ensure that, without undue delay, the deficiencies identified in the monitoring of records taken by the camera system in the slaughterhouse are remedied;

(c) periodically verify the functionality of the camera system in the slaughterhouse;

(d) notify without undue delay the Regional Veterinary Administration of any malfunction of the camera system in the slaughterhouse and the estimated date for its removal;

(e) ensure that the detected failure of the camera system in the slaughterhouse is removed as soon as possible;

(f) keep an alert taken by a camera system in the slaughterhouse and its advance in such a way as to prevent damage, misuse, theft or destruction;

(g) keep an alert issued by the camera system in the slaughterhouse and its advance for 30 days;

(h) provide the county veterinary administration with access to the premises where the camera system is located in the slaughterhouse; and

(i) to provide and make available to the Regional Veterinary Administration, in the framework of an inspection carried out in accordance with the control rules and to the extent required by the Regional Veterinary Administration, the records obtained by the camera system in the slaughterhouse, including outside the establishment of the business operator (12).

(6) The use of a camera system in slaughterhouses does not relieve the operator of the undertaking (12) of the obligation to carry out other activities provided for by the legislation in order to ensure the proper treatment of animals. When using a camera system in slaughterhouses, the operator progresses in accordance with other legislation governing the protection of personal data (41).

§ 5f

Slaughter of animals by specific methods established by religious ceremonies

(1) Only the church and the religious community (20) or the operator of the business (12) may be used for the slaughter of animals under the conditions laid down in the directly applicable European Union Code on the protection of animals at the time of killing, on the basis of a decision of the Ministry to authorise the slaughter of animals by specific methods laid down by religious ceremonies (19), and the animal health conditions laid down by the Regional Veterinary Administration (12).

(2) The slaughter of animals by specific methods established by religious ceremonies (19) can only be carried out in slaughterhouses. The Church and religious society or operator of the enterprise (12) must ask the Regional Veterinary Administration to lay down the animal health conditions for the slaughter of individual slaughterhouses; the slaughter must be carried out by the Church and the religious society or the enterprise operator (12) in accordance with these conditions.

(3) Where the slaughter of animals by specific methods laid down by religious ceremonies (19) is carried out by the operator of the enterprise (12), the operator shall ensure that, at the time of the slaughter, a simple stunning of the animal is carried out (42) by electricity which does not cause the animal to die immediately, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the specific requirements laid down directly applicable by the European Union Code on the protection of animals at the time of killing (43).

Citation	Act of the Czech National Council No. 246 / 1992 Coll., for the protection of animals against abuse
Regulation Type	-
Author	-
Collection	Code of Laws

Date of Promulgation	29.05.1992
Effective from	29.05.1992
Effective until	-
Status	Valid

Act of the Czech National Council No. 246 / 1992 Coll.

Act of the Czech National Council for the Protection of Animals against Torture

Contents

ČÁST PRVNÍ

§ 1

§ 2

§ 3

§ 4

§ 4a

§ 5

ČÁST DRUHÁ

§ 5a

§ 5b

§ 5c

§ 5d

§ 5e

§ 5f

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